Salvation Army Aids Suicide Crisis In New York
The anti death by own action bureau of the Salvation Army in New York treats cases with strict confidentiality, offering employment, shelter, and counseling to individuals at risk of self harm. Col Holland describes daily work including cases from a baker to a business man and a 60 year old carpenter amid a broader network of homes, hospitals, and trainers.
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London
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Europe
Women's Department
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Cherry Tree
Spring Valley
Death Valleys Blooming Cacti Against Desolate Heat
The piece contrasts Death Valley’s summer desolation with spring’s renewal, noting green grasses, mesquite blossoms, and spectacular cacti blooms. It highlights that many species remain unnamed and that trains may uncover more in future exploration, with Easter-linked flowering imagery.
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Death Valley
San Francisco Chronicle
California
Hinnom
Comic Exchange on Job Hunt Returns a Punchline
A brief dialogue features two men joking about employment. The second man quips that his latest job is the stiffest he ever had, while the first asks what it is and the second replies he is currently looking for work.
Bermuda Lily Honor Build for American General
In Bermuda the Easter lily became a major industry under Gen Russell Hastings after his return from Washington’s White House trip and settling in Hamilton. A monument to Hastings was erected there to honor his work improving the island and fostering lily cultivation. The Bermuda lily spread to the United States via a Philadelphia florist, with bulbs sold as Lilium Harrisii.
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Detroit Free Press
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Quaker City
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No Use Wasting Time Analysis and Observation
A reflective piece argues some people do not count the cost or price of actions because they believe they lack sufficient resources. It emphasizes urgency and the futility of delaying decisions despite uncertain outcomes.
Paper Overcoats for Hives Protect Bees in Winter
A Farming writer outlines a construction method using tarred building paper to cover hives for winter protection. The technique covers all sides with overlap, allows removal for inspection, and preserves heat with an enamelled sheet and improvised insulating layers. A spring handling tip recommends a multi thickness quilt to minimize brood chilling during manipulations.
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Breeding Yard Guidelines For Breeders And Flocks
Guidance on how many female birds to keep per male based on yard size and breed type. Recommends selecting breeders now for next spring, separating high quality stock from the flock, and warns against delaying sales to mate leftovers. Emphasizes careful planning and proper breeding yards to improve stock.
Farmers and Poultry Buyers Should Favor Laying Breeds
The piece argues farmers are harmed by poultry fanciers who chase fancy traits at the expense of practical utility. It urges support for breeders who focus on proving stock bred to lay and meeting market demands, rather than premium stock sacrificed for showy attributes.
Hatch Early For Profit In Poultry Raising
Early hatching and marketing poultry yield higher returns. Spring chicks fetch better prices than later fowls, despite heavier weight, due to cheaper feed and quicker turnover. Eggs aged two to three weeks produce weak chicks. only fresh eggs should be used for setting.
Hatch Chicks Early to Improve Survival and Growth
A Farm and Home correspondent reports raising nearly all April and May chicks, advising March and April hatchings for best results. Pullets in larger flocks stay in colony houses with wheat oats cracked corn and gluten mash with skim milk. smaller flocks lack oats and use peavines and Canada peas for green feed. Cockerels are kept in movable coops fed cracked corn mash and corn meal.
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Handy Grit Box Crafted From Inch Board
This guide explains building a grit box from an inch board with four pieces and half inch skin. It instructs boring two holes in the back, two inches from sides and one inch from the top, to hang on pegs or inside a poultry house. It notes three kinds of grit or feed can be kept separately for access without waste, and to notch the front board to control flow.
Care of the Fowls and Poultry Advice From Past Text
The article urges constant access to clean sharp grit for fowls and highlights geese as a profitable, easy to raise poultry on drainable or boggy fields. It recommends buttermilk as a good feed for hens and stresses seasonable, clean management, avoiding neglect, with deep straw litter and charcoal as a digestive aid.
Poultry Breeding Ratios for Different Fowl Varieties
Recommendations on mating ratios vary by breed. Heavier fowls use up to eight hens per male, medium weights 10 to 12, and lighter types like Leghorns up to 15. Drakes to ducks ratio is four or five to one, geese bred in trios, and turkeys require 10 to 15 hens per tom.
Push the Hens for Laying With Grit and Water
Farmers urge pushing hens to lay, but with grit. Without it hens suffer liver and bowel trouble and indigestion. Hens prefer cool shade and pure cold water in hot weather, like people do.
Success with Poultry Care and Feeding
Success with Poultry stresses that pleasure in feeding and care leads to healthy birds. It warns that when duties become drudgery, neglect follows, breeding disease and harming flocks.
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